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Ram Gopal Varma and the Taj hotel mystery
An extraordinary row has broken out in Bollywood following the terrorist attack on Mumbai. It transpires that the film-maker Ram Gopal Varma (pictured) was able to tour the
devastated Taj hotel soon after it was cleared at the weekend in the company of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister for the... [continued]
Edward Luttwak: the fatal delay in Mumbai 
Kimberly Quinn becomes an author
Kimberley Fortier, the former publisher of the Spectator who came to public attention when in 2004 it was revealed she had had a love child with the then Home Secretary
David Blunkett, has re-invented herself as a children's author. Fortier (pictured), who now calls herself Kimberly... [continued]
People: Neil buys PFD for £4m in ‘wrecking sale’
Is Vogue editor Anna Wintour about to be deposed?
Is Anna Wintour (pictured right) about to get the push from American Vogue? US Media gossip website Gawker reports a "red hot rumour" that Conde Naste owner
Si Newhouse recently flew to Paris to meet with Carine Roitfeld (left), the slinky editor of French Vogue, where he discussed her taking... [continued]
Anna Wintour risks Sicilian mafia
In brief: Kirsten Dunst’s stalker held
Kirsten Dunst (pictured), most recently seen in the screen adaptation of English journalist Toby Young's best-selling book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, has won a restraining order against an obsessed fan who has been stalking her. According to documents filed in a Los Angeles court, Christopher Smith... [continued]
Lord Ahmed facing prison sentence
Lord Ahmed (pictured), Britain's first Muslim peer, is facing a jail sentence after admitting yesterday that he had sent a text message to a friend while driving his car
minutes before he was involved in a crash in which a man was killed last Christmas Day.... [continued]
People: Lord Ahmed faces driving charge
Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey leaves critics unimpressed
Conceptual artist Mark Lecky, who last night picked up the £25,000 Turner Prize, celebrated his victory by taking a swipe at the type of "shock art" purveyed by his contemporaries.
"It's all about Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Banksy," he lamented. "[The press] expect shock and spectacle. There is more... [continued]
Scrap the Turner, says Brian Sewell
Runa Islam closes on favourite as Turner artists go on display
Madonna and A-Rod seek Manhattan home
Madonna certainly is not one to let the grass grow under her feet. Barely a fortnight after she and Guy Ritchie got their quickie divorce in London, the 50-year-old
singer is reportedly looking for a new home in Manhattan to share with her "special friend", the baseball ace Alex "A-Rod"... [continued]
People: Ritchie and Madonna reach an agreement
